Request for main: lib{nss,pam}-{ldap,krb5}

Jeff Waugh jeff.waugh at canonical.com
Sat Nov 20 00:06:47 CST 2004


<quote who="Jerry Haltom">

> I would like to request support for these 3 packages in Ubuntu main.
> 
> libnss-ldap
> libpam-ldap
> libpam-krb5
> 
> These packages are extremely important in an office environment with a
> shared user base and Kerberos network. Proper integration and support of
> these modules would be a major plus.

Totally agree, these are major oversights - should have been in warty.
Thanks for pointing this out, despite the embarrassment. :-)

> libpam-krb5 has a few problems with it: it won't always create a ticket
> cache. This is a major hurdle for adoption. I hacked around in the code a
> bit about a half year ago on Debian, but was unable to devote the time
> necessary to fix it.
> 
> libpam-krb5 is an interesting beast. There are a number of forks floating
> around. Debian uses one, RedHat uses another that is almost totally
> different (it works).

Perhaps we should investigate their version - feel like doing a summary of
the differences (origin, features, etc)? :-)

Thanks,

- Jeff

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